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Cappelletti in capon broth

This unmissable Christmas dish conceals the most typical flavours of Umbria

For the dough:

  • 300 g 0 flour
  • 2 eggs

For the filling:

  • 130 g minced chicken
  • 130 gr of minced pork
  • 30 gr Norcia PGI ham
  • 25 gr Umbrian pecorino cheese
  • Nutmeg to taste
  • Extra virgin olive oil DOP Umbria q.b.
  • Salt and pepper to taste

For the capon stock

  • 1 litre water
  • 1 capon
  • 1 black celery stalk from Trevi
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 blond onion from Cannara
  Immancabile sulle tavole umbre a Natale...un caldo e buonissimo piatto di cappelletti in brodo di cappone. Pasta fresca ripiena di un misto di carne tritata, prosciutto crudo di Norcia, pecorino umbro, noce moscata, olio DOP Umbria, sale e pepe, cotta in un delizioso brodo di cappone: una pennellata di sapore e di gusto per un pranzo memorabile. To prepare the filling, heat the chicken and pork mince with two tablespoons of oil, salt and pepper in a large frying pan over high heat. Turn continuously and when cooked, mince the meat with a knife together with the ham, then transfer to a plate and add the pecorino cheese and a little nutmeg. Add the eggs to the flour and knead the mixture for about ten minutes, first with a fork and then by hand, until it is smooth and homogeneous. Let the dough rest and in the meantime prepare the broth: in a saucepan put the water with the carrot, celery stalk and onion cut into pieces, and let it cook for about two and a half hours, skimming when necessary. Take the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin, then leave it to rest for half an hour. Then cut the dough with a round cutter, place a ball of filling in the centre of each shape and close in a half-moon shape by joining the tips, according to the typical cappelletti shape. Cook the cappelletti in plenty of broth and serve piping hot.
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